Show IUT UTAH AH MA MAY Y GET DRAINAGE HELP Federal Relief for 27 Districts Looms as House Committee Committee Com Corn Acts Relief for lor 27 drainage districts in Utah loomed Monday when hen th the house irrigation and reclamation committee at Washington voted to report favorably favorably favor favor- ably on the Smith bill extend extending ins f financial fi 1 aid to distressed irrigation and levee districts Five Fhe amendments were adopted to tomake tomake tomake make the measure comply with various vari var- ous state laws so that all aU drainage irrigation and levee districts in the United States would be eligible for relief according accordine to an Associated Press dispatch The bill would set up a revolving fund Ilund to be administered by the secretary sec see of the interior Not more than would be authorized in any anyone one year rear and the program would extend over a five five- year period The secretary of the interior in in- tenor the dispatch said would be authorized to make year 40 loans at 3 per cent interest Alton C C. C Melville attorney for several several sev sev- eral Utah drainage districts said that 23 districts in the state would be particularly par interested in the favorable report on the bill as they have been unable to keep up payments Th The bill if passed will give sive them an opportunity op to refinance the districts he said F Fearing aring that the larger middle western west west- ern era states will attempt to obtain a 1 large part of the funds Mr Melville said he intended to communicate with Senators Reed Smoot and William H King Kine and Congressmen Don B. B Colton Colton Colton Col- Col ton and Frederick C. C Loofbourow urging the importance of the measure and asking them to take steps to see that Utah obtains a proper share of the funds |